The glucocorticoid triamcinolone acetonide inhibits osmotic swelling of retinal glial cells via stimulation of endogenous adenosine signaling.

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Published in J Pharmacol Exp Ther on September 06, 2005

Authors

Ortrud Uckermann1, Franziska Kutzera, Antje Wolf, Thomas Pannicke, Andreas Reichenbach, Peter Wiedemann, Sebastian Wolf, Andreas Bringmann

Author Affiliations

1: Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.

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